It looks like this was bought by the company who makes DonQ, which given the price range certainly makes it a contender against the parent brand (even if it doesn’t mix as well.) Overall though it appears to be another simple (made to profit) cheap bargain rum.
We realize that it’s rare a spirit can be spooky (phrasing?), and as such, this really should be saved for the Halloween posting, but it’s April 1st so this is a joke? Either way, this rum is a bit of a terror. It says little, has a creepy vibe, and it’s strong enough to make your clothes fall off to the point where you become a slutty fortnite player? (We don’t do costume parties). It does, however, have some good bits to it.
We have another near no-name brand, owned by the Suntory, a bottom of the shelf rum. Now, sure enough, there will be someone in the comments saying – oh you hate this because it’s low-tier because we’re snooty. We truly and honestly wish this was better, and having gotten rums before like DonQ at the same price we were hoping for it. That hope is dead.
We should mention at the top that we are a Massachusettes based review site, we should also mention that as far as craft dstilleries go – Mass can go fuck itself. We are impartial and not above giving places like Berkshire a 4. We say this so that when we give this the score it deserves you know we do it impartially.
Well this has been sort of a long time coming. We’ve previously mentioned with the gold that this is our silver go-to filler and is a mainstay of the lounge. This is mostly due to the pricing, but there’s some good aspects. It’s cheap, and it mixes well. Now that may seem like a slight against it, but loyal readers will know that’s pretty much all we want.
We’ve actually now gotten close to the whole line for the local Bully Boy, and based on the past with both vodka, and white whiskey it’s time for a conclusion and a confession. They simply suck at making anything, and unless they give some time in a cask – don’t buy Bully Boy.
This was bought purely as an easy to review rum from a few nips to make judgements and cocktails without knowledge of it’s importance. We’ve often lauded the superiority of Bacardi that is mostly unwarranted, but it seems we weren’t alone. Truly there are 2 names of rum in Cuba, and this is the other. SHIT. We got the Puerto Rican version.
I wish this was called Cane Run Sugar Cane Rum just for the wordplay alone. In short though we have a non-gimmicky fairly standard white rum that does not do much to not fade into the background of where it sits on a store shelf. Not that we take issue with that – some of our favorites barely standout, and the few with pizzazz are often left wanting in other areas.
Apologies once again for neglecting the posts around last weekend – I and others had some very important business to attend too at the Boston Convention Center (Pax East). We are back however this time continuing our journey into white rums and tequilas.
